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Road bridge in Missouri, United States
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Grand Glaize Bridge
Coordinates38°08′01″N 92°38′37″W / 38.13361°N 92.64361°W / 38.13361; -92.64361
Carries US 54
CrossesGrand Glaize Arm; Lake of the Ozarks
LocaleCamden County, Missouri
Characteristics
DesignDeck truss bridge
History
Construction startMarch 1930
OpenedJanuary 1931(original) 1995 (Replacement girder bridges)
Location
The Grand Glaize Bridge, sometime before 1968

The Grand Glaize Bridge is the name of two girder bridges that carry U.S. Route 54 over the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks in the city of Osage Beach, Missouri.

The bridge crosses Grand Glaize Creek that is a tributary to the Osage River in Camden County, Missouri.

History

The original two-lane Grand Glaize Bridge was built in 1931 during the construction of Bagnell Dam and the Lake of the Ozarks. It was a Warren truss or deck truss structure with the trusses built under the deck. Other bridges built across the lake at the time including the Hurricane Deck Bridge over the Osage Arm and the Niangua Bridge over the Niangua Arm were also deck truss structures. The only non-deck-truss bridge on the lake was the Niangua Arm US 54 Bridge. The original bridge had very narrow lanes and no shoulder.

The new parallel girder bridge carrying westbound traffic was completed in 1984. The original bridge was torn down and the new eastbound girder bridge was built in 1995 in the place of the original.

In 2023, both the eastbound bridge and westbound underwent rehabilitation by placing epoxy-wearing on the surface. Only one side was done at a time.

There has been proposals to add a pedestrian bridge adjacent to the existing bridge due to no current dedicated pedestrian walkway present.

See also

References

  1. Silva, Marina (2023-05-04). "MoDOT's work on the Grand Glaize Bridge leads to traffic congestion". www.ky3.com. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  2. Pasley, Tegan (2024-02-04). "Lake Of The Ozarks Pedestrian Bridge? Osage Beach Mayor Hopes To Find A Way Over The Grand Glaize". LakeExpo.com. Retrieved 2024-07-16.

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